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Explanation: De Gerlache-Kocher massif looms on the visible horizon in this close-up of the edge of the Moon. The mountainous formation rises about 4 kilometers above its surroundings and is located very close to the lunar south pole. Boasting permanently shadowed crater floors that likely contain deposits of water ice and peaks that receive almost continuous sunlight for solar power generation, the south polar region is considered a prime location for the first human settlement on the Moon. In fact, De Gerlache-Kocher massif itself has been considered as a potential landing site for future crewed Artemis missions to the Moon....

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are calling for an investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), previously led by Elon Musk, as talks have heated up among Democrats to launch a probe into the multibillionaire. "I had no specific plan," Raskin told Fox News Digital about the potential investigations. "Look … DOGE was a catastrophe for America, and at least one committee, I feel pretty certain, will investigate it. It needs to investigate it." -snip The tech CEO helped launch DOGE at the start of President Donald Trump's second term to root out waste...

Woman who has no hate in her soul wishes Trump got shot in the forehead. (July 2024)

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) want to overhaul America’s system of government. Its current political program calls for abolishing the Senate and Electoral College and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions controlled by Congress. These changes would dismantle much of the system of checks and balances established by America’s founders — a system that has worked well for over 250 years. Here’s what DSA platform wants to change. 1. Abolish the U.S. SenateCongress has two chambers. The House represents people based on state population, while the Senate gives every state two senators, regardless of its size. Both...

Beautiful Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was sentenced to 74 lashes after she was seen singing without a hijab. That’s not all. To make sure she does not put on such an illegal display the brutal regime, or what’s left of the regime, has banned her from singing for two years. Parastoo sang without a hijab and her arms showing in an online concert on YouTube in 2024. Now she will pay for her shameful display.

After replacing his former boss Susie Wiles as the White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller has urged the president to end the war in Iran. That war was undertaken with the idea of eliminating Iran’s nuclear research program but was incredibly unpopular with the American people. “Miller's pitch for the job, according to people who heard it, was that the president needed to wind down the Iran war, a conflict that the president's core supporters viewed as a betrayal,” said The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman in live updates. The war in Iran, launched by Trump along with close...

Embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James aimed a fresh threat at President Trump this week — bragging that she’ll continue to “sue, baby, sue” while claiming she’s targeting “oligarchs.” The far-left state prosecutor – emboldened after being re-elected to another four years in office on Tuesday — did not mention the president by name, yet all but gloated that she will continue to target him while addressing supporters on Friday at the SOMOS political conference in Puerto Rico. “Mortgages are too high, interest rates are too high, car insurance is too high,” said James to applause. “We’ve got to...

Anthony Constantino — who survived one of the nastiest House races in upstate New York by “being authentic” and standing by the president — is poised to become one of the GOP’s most outspoken voices in the minority. The CEO of custom printing company Sticker Mule, who burst onto the political scene in 2024 by putting a huge “Vote for Trump” sign on the roof of his factory in the city of Amsterdam, spoke to The Post Thursday after declaring victory in his midterm rac ---SNIP--- Asked why he teed off on a pair of TV reporters during his moment...

Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a ​new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is ‌fighting to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but still emerged as the largest bloc in parliament. Eisenkot, a former military chief, has declined to join forces with Arab parties, with whose support he would have a majority of seats in parliament. But Arab leaders, incensed by what ​they view as the...

First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's adventure novel has been chopped, changed and adapted ever since. Is it a "misanthropic satire" or a "fantastical nursery tale"? You may be familiar with the story of Lemuel Gulliver. He wakes up after a shipwreck only to be pinned down by ropes and surrounded by tiny Lilliputians, who clamber up to the incapacitated adventurer. It's a scene that's been replicated and satirised ever since Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726, 300 years ago. Yet fewer may know of Gulliver's darker exploits, where the voyaging anti-hero encounters scientists inserting bellows into dogs,...

'Fox & Friends' reports on 'The View' co-hosts' praise of Michigan Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Vogue's commentary on what it calls a new generation of 'handsome' politicians

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he has opened an investigation into Seminole County’s late upload of several hundred Election Day votes. Election officials discovered the issue during post-election checks. The Secretary of State said the office identified 388 more votes recorded than votes cast in Seminole County. County election officials were notified of the issue and it was found that a memory card containing election results was not uploaded to the county’s management system. The Secretary of State said the missing memory card changed the outcome of the State House District 154 race. Before the discovery, incumbent State...

After a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military is setting up a task force to bolster Washington's efforts to restrict Tehran's movement of advanced weapons systems and other sanctioned material across its land borders and the Caspian Sea, according to a US Central Command (CENTCOM) announcement on Saturday. Task Force Iron Gate, as it will be called, will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other US government agencies. Beyond the movement of weapons, it will also focus on dual-use and illegal revenue streams. "Strengthening CENTCOM’s collaboration with US interagency partners will further constrain Iran’s ability...

Congressional critics warn a defiant defense secretary could imperil military funding WASHINGTON—With a vote on his impeachment looming next week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is digging in his heels and vowing to stay at his Pentagon post for the rest of the Trump administration. Hegseth has reassured his allies that he is not angling for Marsha Blackburn’s Tennessee seat in a Senate that will now be controlled by Democrats, Pentagon officials said. If his congressional opponents vote to impeach him, Hegseth will seek to use the confrontation as a platform to aggressively defend his agenda, which includes the war with...

SEATTLE — A 36-year-old woman has been charged with second-degree assault after prosecutors say she used racist and homophobic language before biting a chunk of flesh from another woman’s forehead in downtown Seattle. Charging documents filed by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office identify the defendant as Kamilia Chadli. Police said the victim, Diana Gonzalez, was left with permanent injuries and required a skin graft to close the wound.

According to a 179-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Philadelphia in August, Mansfield Oil Company is suing K.R.S.M. for $4 million The lawsuit alleges that they never paid because of a data error which impacted invoices.

PROSPECT, Tenn. (WSMV) - Every tap on wind chimes, ringing of the doorbell, and clapping with her mother is part of the language of 15-year-old Sophia Finocchio. Sophia has Down syndrome, is nonverbal and has autism. For years, her family spent much of their days trying to understand her needs. But beginning in July 2025, Sophia made noticeable behavioral strides through in-home applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy provided by a company called The Perfect Child. On its website, The Perfect Child advertises that it works with most commercial insurance plans and offers financial assistance. What Sophia’s family did not anticipate...

Newly elected Senator Abdul El-Sayed on Friday declared Michigan “the capital of Arab America,” causing a viral reaction on social media ranging from criticism to others offering data to support his claim. Speaking at the Connect Arab America Empowerment Summit in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Chantilly, Virginia, El-Sayed opened his remarks speaking his name in Arabic fashion and went on to make the claim. “I’m honored to be the next United States senator from the great state of Michigan, which of course I know we’re here in D.C. which of course is the capital of the United States of...

BATH BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of Katie Suarez, the 28-year-old Brooklyn woman whose fatal stabbing while out for a run along the Shore Parkway Greenway shocked the city and sparked an intense police investigation. Police arrested Sayed Mohassib, 27, at his New York City home after detectives developed evidence they say placed him at the scene of the attack. He has been charged with second-degree murder.

President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC fighters. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote. “I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel...